Etienne Millon <[email protected]> wrote:
>* Daniel Martí <[email protected]> [111122 20:40]: >> Hello, my name is Daniel and I've recently filed an ITA against the >> RFA bug for xeji (wnpp list). I've gone though most part of the new >> maintainer's guide, as well as the packaging basics. I do know how >> to make a package from scratch and build it, but I am having more >> trouble with creating a new revision for xeji (which would close the >> ITA bug). >> >> Would any of you be willing to be my mentor and guide me through >> this? I am not looking for a teacher, but just for some specific >> assistance and sponsorship. Any help would be very appreciated. > >Hello Daniel, > >Thanks for your interest in this package. It looks simple enough to >be a perfect first package ! > >The basic thing for preparing a package would be to add a new >changelog entry, and of course fix a few things for your first >upload. For example, you can make the package lintian clean (including >removing some unnecessary overrides). > I know how I must update the changelog and the maintainer in the description (control?). Any other files I should change? Of course, I should sign it with my own key. >You can do it "by hand" or using the dch tool (from the devscripts >package). But the best would be to use a VCS helper such as >git-buildpackage. The intermediate steps are not visible in the >resulting .dsc and .debs, but it helps you remember where you were and >allows easier collaboration (just like with source code). > >If you have any questions about it, feel free to ask in this thread, >so that either me or another one can reply to them. In fact, I do :-) What should I send to the sponsor, the .deb file or some other file? > >Have a nice day ! Thank you so much for your interest! > >-- >Etienne Millon > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >[email protected] >Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111122200110.GB23420@klow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
